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100% set up episode. Kind of weird what they (the writers) are doing with Maka, but I guess its too late in the show to leave Medusa alone. Also, they get to split up all the characters as much as possible, yay.

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Re-inserting the clown? Huh. I guess it's easier than making up a completely new obstacle.

Definitely as much of a setup episode as you can have. Overall fighting has gotten started and some (Justin) have found their main opponents already. Not exactly fun watching Maka stumble around all episode being uncertain about everything. At least she finally got it together and is going somewhere. Do wonder how they will deal with Medusa/Arachne/Kishin all in the last few episodes. It's a pretty tall order when you think about it. But if they are going to do an original ending might as well deal with it all in one go.

While I hope to see a final Black Star vs Mifune fight it's got some problems. At this point Black Star hasn't gotten noticeably stronger since the last round. So be tough to have a rematch when both sides are pretty much at the same level as before.

The anime interpretation of Arachne seems to be as batshit insane as Asura. I wasn't expecting that at all actually. Too much Medusa, but the bits with Stein were interesting. I wonder if he turns on Medusa. I imagine Chrona turns on Marie and helps Medusa. Typical, but not unexpected I guess.

The way Crona's being portrayed at the moment, and how determined she was in the previous episode, I think she's made her mind up and is <i>not</i> going to go with Medusa again. Or at least, not without Medusa manipulating her further.

Joe seems to be up to something, we just don't know what yet. I also wouldn't put it past Shinigami to be misleading his own staff, let alone the students.

I'd like to see how Shinigami got Kid to go on the mission in spite of what he said in 41 about their relationship at the moment. Daft death god, of course you're not close to your son at the moment; he thinks you're lying to him, and it appears he's right.

Am i the only one that thinks MakaxChrona have more chemistry than SoulxMaka? Soul better hurry and make a move before his gf gets snatched away -__-

I don't know why but i somehow get a really bad feeling with Marie and Chrona leaving to take on Medusa. It'll be cool to see Marie in action for the first time (don't think she's fought in the manga yet either), but I just get the feeling that Chrona could get killed if they don't pull some amazing power out from their arses.

As for the next ep, i've read spoilers on it so all in all it should be pretty interesting. Kidd is supposedly going to take on the clown without Liz or Patti with him. Given how intense the manga chapters were, maybe Kidd will get infected by the clowns insanity as well? Hmmmm...

What I find more frustrating is the abundance of Maka development in the WRONG direction >.>

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WTH Maka...since when did you become such an emo existance/annoyance?

I think this was the major negative point in this episode for me, having to sit through Maka's "depressingly" whiny moments then having come to the conclusion which should have been there from the start. Honestly Soul should have just beaten the crap out of her for being so naive...

What I find more frustrating is the abundance of Maka development in the WRONG direction >.>

Spoiler:

WTH Maka...since when did you become such an emo existance/annoyance?

I think this was the major negative point in this episode for me, having to sit through Maka's "depressingly" whiny moments then having come to the conclusion which should have been there from the start. Honestly Soul should have just beaten the crap out of her for being so naive...

guh...

On the plus side, I'm going to be looking forward to the fights.

Spoiler:

True enough the annoying part of this was Maka moping around and just being depressed most of the episode. Wish someone would have Maka Chopped her at that point. Black Star already punched her once so suppose it's Soul's turn to do something. Normally not after violence between a team but someone needed to get her going earlier than she did.

A strange team that ends up spreading themselves out like this. Though they all have reasons for doing what they are doing. Besides Black Star is probably happy to have less people on his stage anyways .

Certainly looking forward to the fights. Wonder what role Marie is going to play since they really don't have any material for what a fight with her might be like. Though perhaps she'll be more of a moral force to get Stein's head back on straight. At any rate Medusa is tough to deal with because she has a hostage. You can't attack her without hurting that innocent kid she's taken over.

True enough the annoying part of this was Maka moping around and just being depressed most of the episode. Wish someone would have Maka Chopped her at that point. Black Star already punched her once so suppose it's Soul's turn to do something. Normally not after violence between a team but someone needed to get her going earlier than she did.

A strange team that ends up spreading themselves out like this. Though they all have reasons for doing what they are doing. Besides Black Star is probably happy to have less people on his stage anyways .

Certainly looking forward to the fights. Wonder what role Marie is going to play since they really don't have any material for what a fight with her might be like. Though perhaps she'll be more of a moral force to get Stein's head back on straight. At any rate Medusa is tough to deal with because she has a hostage. You can't attack her without hurting that innocent kid she's taken over.

Having a "hostage" is nice for her, but don't forget that she isn't nearly as strong as she was before.

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Stein is the real obstacle, IMO. And it's possible that Eruka, Free and Mizune will join in too.

What about Kim? In the manga she gets brainwashed by arachnophobia but in the anime she's just been standing at the sidelines basically. I highly doubt they'll be able to cover that arc with so few episodes left but wouldn't that make her character in the anime rather pointless?

What I find more frustrating is the abundance of Maka development in the WRONG direction >.>

Spoiler:

WTH Maka...since when did you become such an emo existance/annoyance?

I think this was the major negative point in this episode for me, having to sit through Maka's "depressingly" whiny moments then having come to the conclusion which should have been there from the start. Honestly Soul should have just beaten the crap out of her for being so naive...

guh...

That's why I didn't like anime original story. Most of the character will be messed up like this.

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Although in the manga , she does whine about how she's not strong , and being a jerk when first doing Team Resonance. But other than that , Maka is very cool...there's supposed to be some chara development...which is not here.

al though i agree with what your saying about the chara development and the maka stuff Reincarnated, but watching the anime and see if they improve to fix that detail works too, besides, what they can't cover in the right ep the cover it in another ep, like the emo-ish maka side we just saw

In the final scene with Arachne and Kishin, the weird fuzzy spider thing on Arachne's back has a red light coming from it. With the way it's shown (a close-up of Asura looking out-of-it, a close-up of Arachne, and then a close-up of the spider) I'm definitely thinking there's some major significance to this.

I'm really starting to think that the "bed" they're on is not only siphoning off Asura's madness, but seriously messing with his head, and maybe the spider on Arachne's back is controlling it, what other reason does she have for staying there?

In the final scene with Arachne and Kishin, the weird fuzzy spider thing on Arachne's back has a red light coming from it. With the way it's shown (a close-up of Asura looking out-of-it, a close-up of Arachne, and then a close-up of the spider) I'm definitely thinking there's some major significance to this.

I'm really starting to think that the "bed" they're on is not only siphoning off Asura's madness, but seriously messing with his head, and maybe the spider on Arachne's back is controlling it, what other reason does she have for staying there?

It could either be an unimportant detail due to the madness being sucked out of the Kishen or it could be connected to the odd glow in his eyes.

6/10. Even though it kicks things off and it looks from 43 on things are going to be exciting, Maka annoyed me too much in this episode. Not quite sure why, maybe it was just her unreadiness to fight ticked me off a bit.

I can understand why Maka is so confused. I don't especially like it, but it makes sense for her to be in two minds between her friends, and the organisation she's put so much faith in up until this point. It's nice to see her determination again, even though I'm not sure it's in quite the right direction. I found it very curious that, after so long dismissing him as worthless, she referred back to her dad upon her final decision. It says something about Spirit too, considering how he's reacted to Stein over the course of the series; he stands by his friends. (even when Franken sees him as little more than a guard-dog).

Yumi has a point about logic, but she's arguing with the totally wrong people. There's no point in telling those two to think logically. Shinigami has his own bizarre way of doing things, and Spirit seems to go along for the ride regardless. I found the anti-madness medication a nice touch, as it fits with Shinigami's whole rationale when it comes to the Kishin; it gives people a bit of consolation to deal with potential (or in this case, imminent) dangers.

I dislike the emphasis that's being put on Maka's demonslayer wavelength. If Sid was being honest - "the kind of man he was" - Shibusen's putting all their eggs in one basket for the Baba Yaga mission. It'd make more sense to me had we seen before hand how important Shinigami felt the wavelength was, but we haven't. Maka's had all this pressure put on her with no substantial explaination in the context of the plot. It's creating a obstacle for the character that doesn't, I think, quite work in the storyline. I would say that Sid's 'honesty' might have been a misguided attempt to get Maka to focus on the mission at hand, were it not for Shinigami's gushing claim some episodes ago that Maka could defeat Kishin Asura with her demonslayer-ness.

I think Shinigami's got more in mind than Sid and Yumi realise, let alone the students. He has Joe and Kid on their own missions, plus one can only hope the following episodes will clear up the backstory to this whole affair; knowing he fought witches with Asura 800 years ago is one thing, but I for one would like to know more about why that happened.